67.  Which of the following would be the most likely explanation Piaget would offer for the students’ difficulty? a.The students are not yet chronologically at the age of formal operations, and this is a formal operational task. b.The students’ maturation isn’t to the point where they are ready to handle this topic. c.The students lack the ability to understand topics as sophisticated as Mrs. […]

Multiple Choice Questions   1. Which of the following primarily studies the patterns of growth and change that occur throughout life?  A. Oncology B. Developmental psychology C. Cytology D. Parapsychology 2. Laura and Celia are identical twins. They were adopted at birth by different families and raised in different environments. However, there are a lot of behavioral similarities between them. In the context of developmental psychology, which of the following best […]

  61. Research shows that one difference between couples who divorced soon after getting married as opposed to couples who divorced after many years of marriage is that those who divorced soon after marriage  A. did not express positive or negative feelings. B. had realistic views of each other’s strengths and weaknesses. C. were unable to control the expression of negative feelings. D. communicated only positive feelings and kept the […]

    81) The connection between validity and reliability can be best expressed by the statement that validity A) is essentially the same as reliability. B) requires and may be assured through reliability. C) requires but cannot be assured through reliability. D) requires only a limited reliability.   82) Fred made 103 and Frank made 96 on an achievement test with a confidence interval of […]

  61.Which of the following are considered nonlinguistic forms of communication? A)crying only B)babbling and cooing C)cooing and crying D)babbling and crying E)babbling, cooing, and crying 62.Regarding human language development, which of the following statements is FALSE? A)Although all children experience the same stages of language development, there is a great variety in the ordering of the stages, as well as the ages at which […]

  77. The process by which we first attach meaning or interpretation to our experiences is called: a.attention. b.perception. c.rehearsal. d.retrieval.   78.The two most important factors that impact our perception are our background experiences and our: a.attitude. b.expectations. c.self-esteem. d.rate of development.   79.A motion picture film is actually a series of still pictures, but we “see” the movie as continuous action.  This fact […]

  41. Tianna wants to be genuine in her approach to her clients. She feels she has a talent for being consistent with her feelings and behaviors when working with other people. In other words, Tianna will likely have an easy time conveying _____ her clients.  A. congruence B. unconditional positive regard C. empathy D. positive reinforcement 42. Nora tells her therapist that she is very happy with her family life. […]

71.Familism is the idea that a family’s well-being takes precedence over the concerns of individual family members, and is a value most associated with ________ families. a.African Americanc.European American b.Latinod.Middle Eastern 72.The cultural value of ________ partially explains the significantly higher trend for Latino college students to live at home. a.marianismoc.nervios b.machismod.familism 73.Parents of multiracial children tend to __________ than parents of single-race children. a.worry […]

1.  Which of these is the most accurate definition of the discipline of psychology? a) the science of behavior b) the science of mental processes c) the science of behavior and mental processes d) the science of human behavior and mental processes     2. In addition to describing and explaining mental processes and behavior, psychology also attempts to ________ these phenomena. a) predict and […]

  101.  Violet’s speech is slow and labored; however, she can understand others’ speech. Violet has: A.  Broca’s aphasia. B.  Wernicke’s aphasia. C.  dyslexia. D.  dyscalculia. 102.  Warren suffers from Wernicke’s aphasia. Which of the following difficulties will he experience? A.  Warren will experience an inability to recognize faces. B.  Warren will have difficulty recognizing objects visually. C.  Warren will have trouble producing fluent speech. […]